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One State Is Disrupting the Pipeline from Foster Care to Jail
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Sep 24, 2018
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Podcast episode
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By age 17, over half of young people in foster care have already been convicted of a crime or spent a night in jail. After they age out, a quarter will go to jail or get in trouble with the law within the first two years. California is determined to keep foster youth out of jail. Reporter Liza Veale profiles two young people who are making their way out of the system, and talks with policy makers and social service workers trying to redirect the foster-care-to-prison pipeline.
Released:
Sep 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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